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Published8 July, 2015

Bullying it seems is happening in workplaces up and down the country. In the UK workforce as many as 70% of us report being bullied or harassed by our boss, supervisor or a colleague at some point in our career.

Our clients tell us about the impact that this can have on their lives both in and out of work. Continue reading →

Published7 October, 2014

Take a moment to read Jessica’s story and notice how anxiety closed down her life.

Jessica, Jess to her friends, had started to feel bad some time back now. It was a darkness that seemed to haunt her. She would find herself agreeing to things she didn’t want to do. She was scared that if she didn’t then her friends would walk away. She suddenly lacked the confidence that she had as a teenager and now always seems to be saying sorry when she spoke. Continue reading →

Published27 March, 2014

I know from my treatment room that one of the biggest challenges that some clients face having been off of work with depression, stress or anxiety is that of returning to work. However complete their cure, however, positive they feel about themselves there still always seems that little twinge when you think of the first day back.

Published19 February, 2014

Overwhelming, overpowering, uncontrollable, never-ending, helpless, there seems no end to the list of superlatives that we can use to describe how powerless we feel in face of our anxiety. It can see that there is nothing we can do. After all how do you stop your boss pressuring you, or your children fighting, or your mother in law judging you, there will never be enough hours in the day to get through the mental to do list that you set yourself.

Published15 January, 2014

At any time in the UK 1 in 4 will experience mental health problems in a year. 8 to 12% of the population experience depression, the UK has one of the highest rates of self-harm in Europe. Around 40% of people report stress related illness as a result of their work.

Given all of these problems that we face in the UK why do we still find it so difficult to talk about mental illness and why are we so afraid to admit to having mental health problems. Certainly the statistics are not on your side Continue reading →

Published18 November, 2013

Stress can be a good thing it can keep us going, motivated and able to perform. Yet in an economy that is struggling where words like redundancy and budget cuts are mentioned, the results fear, anxiety and uncertainty can lead to unreasonable amounts of stress that can make us ill. The focus must be, therefore, in finding ways to help cope with and where possible reduce that stress.

HSE describes stress as “The adverse reaction people have to excessive pressures or other demands placed on them” There Continue reading →

Published12 April, 2013

Motivation is the human condition which drives us towards our desires and goals. Of course motivation can be seen at many levels it might be the desire to go out and get food if we are hungry or it might be to give up smoking because of the health benefits. It is the latter type of motivation that concerns us here, the motivation to change ourselves for the better, for it is this type of motivation that so many say they lack. Continue reading →